Notes on the family of Gerbod, Earl of Chester, and of Gundred, wife of William de Warenne, Earl of Surrey

The following is a collection of extracts from the source material relevant to Gerbod, Gundred and their family:

• Source documents

A seminal paper on the parentage of Gundred can be found here:

• Edward A. Freeman, The Parentage of Gundrada, wife of William of Warren. (1888) (Google Books [Hints and tips])
  From English Historical Review, volume 3, pages 680-701 (1888).
  [Other copies at: Wikimedia Commons; Wikipedia.]

Two other 19th-century contributions to the debate about Gundred are also available online:

• Sir George Duckett, Observations on the Parentage of Gundreda, the Daughter of William Duke of Normandy, and Wife of William de Warenne. (1878) (Google Books [Hints and tips])
  Reprinted with additions from the Cumberland and Westmorland Society's Translations, volume 3 (1878).
• Rev. John Scobell, A Brief Outline of the lives of Gundrad, and William Earl de Warenne... (1845) (Old Books on CD) [not available, 14 May 2006; see the Internet Archive's copy of this page, from February 2005]

The genealogical position reflected by these two works has long been discredited, but they make an entertaining read, and the second contains an interesting account of the discovery of the remains of William de Warenne and Gundred at Lewes.